savvy''s little arm

i never thought my little girl would be the first broken bone in this family!

and she didn't even do anything exciting to break it!
today she was standing on the couch at a friends house...
(who will remain nameless on the advice of my attorney...just kidding!!)
she went to run across the couch, took two steps, and fell onto the soft cushioned couch!
guess she landed just right to buckle her little tiny bone! so so sad.


she handled it all pretty well and i'm pretty sure the lollipop afterwards was totally worth it.

we told the boys they better watch out... she has a serious defense weapon now!!

ps.. we've been having lots of fun.... some serious catch-up posts are coming...

cameron's baptism

saturday, september 13th was a special day for a few reasons.

• we celebrated our 11th anniversary! where is the time going???
• it was uncle cuyler's 20th birthday! he is serving a mission in mongolia and what better way to honor him than a baptism!
• cameron was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

it was fun to share the baptism with our old college friends, the grossmans. we were friends years ago as newlyweds and they recently moved into our ward. their daughter, lillie, was also baptized.



cameron was really excited for this special time in his life. he is such a smart kid, and really understood what he was doing and was very ready. he and the other children being baptized sang "when Jesus Christ was baptized" at the service. cameron chose that song because "that song tells more about the real meaning of baptism than the other songs..." we are so happy for the decision he made to follow christ's example and head toward our goal of being an eternal family.



thanks to all who came to show their love and support for cameron. we love our family and friends.



we all enjoyed great food afterwards... thank heavens that sara was here! she is a genius and i'm not so sure i could have pulled it all off without her. and of course, the traditional nightmare!!
yummmmm!




oh, and i really can't leave out these cute cute girls who all dressed alike... coincidence!



it was a beautiful day.

collapsed lung

clint has been having some pain in his lung for about 10 days or so. yesterday he finally went to the doctor and found out he has a collapsed lung. crazy thing. he just needs to take it real easy for a while, check back with the doc every 3 days to make sure it is getting better and not worse, and hopefully his body will heal itself like it is supposed to.

well tonight, barrett turned to clint and said,
"Dad, I would give one of my lungs if I could."
clint replied, " Thanks Barrett, but it isn't like that...I don't need a new lung."
to which barrett said,
"I know Dad. But I would give you one if you needed it."
sweet sweet boy.


(funny thing is... for those of you that know barrett, he really does have plenty of lung and always has! that kid was born screaming LOUD!, and has hardly quieted down... some days we wish he would give one of his away.... only kidding of course!)

** update on clints lung... as of september 11 it ws 50% improved!**